volute
noun
a spiral or twisted formation or object.
voluted
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a word derived from
volute.
Example Sentences
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In the western apse, the pilasters are replaced by tall detached Doric columns, and the Ionic pilasters above by buttresses which grow out of voluted curves.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
Miss Ingate looked round at the shabby study, with its guns, cigar-boxes, prints, books neither old nor new, japanned boxes of documents, and general litter scattered over the voluted walnut furniture.
From The Lion's Share by Arnold Bennett
I am struck once more by the majestic air of that opening square of Frascati, expanding upwards into terraces, lawns, and ilexes, all flanked by pinnacled and voluted buildings, Villa Aldobrandini, or whatever it is.
From The Spirit of Rome by Vernon Lee
The treasury of the Cnidians at Delphi was Ionic, judging by the carved ornament enriching the cornice and architraves, and in the Naxian votive column we have another early example of an early voluted capital.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
The windows were all irregular, one small and narrow, another very broad, all surrounded by artistically carved and voluted stone framings.
From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Ossip Schubin
